8 January 2025, 22:20 PM

Khaleda Zia admitted to London Clinic

Khaleda was admitted under the supervision of Patrick Kennedy, a consultant gastroenterologist and hepatologist
8 January 2025, 15:04 PM

Swatch of No-Ground: Govt finalises plan to protect its marine biodiversity

Rizwana said this at a virtual meeting to finalise the management plan, highlighting its significance in achieving a resilient blue economy.
8 January 2025, 14:41 PM

Sarjis Alam leads leaflet distribution for 7-point demand in Narsingdi

The leaflets called for the announcement of the July Declaration, which includes a seven-point demand.
8 January 2025, 12:40 PM

Khaleda was convicted to bar her from polls

BNP Chairper-son Khaleda Zia's lawyer, Kayser Kamal, told the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday that the High Court's verdict in the Zia Orphanage Trust case was politically motivated, aiming to bar her from elections.
7 January 2025, 22:40 PM

Khaleda departs for London

The air ambulance ferrying the former prime minister departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:47pm
7 January 2025, 14:33 PM

‘If chanting Joy Bangla is a crime, then hang me’

ASM Abdur Rob, president of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, yesterday at a programme said if chanting “Joy Bangla” is considered a crime, he should be hanged.
6 January 2025, 21:11 PM

Stayed abroad as Hasina wanted to arrest me: Abdur Razzaq

He said the then prime minister Sheikh Hasina had given a green signal to law enforcers to arrest him in a false case filed with the International Crimes Tribunal
6 January 2025, 20:15 PM

Tulip lived in flat gifted by Hasina ally

UK’s Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq, responsible for tackling financial crime, lived in a Hampstead flat gifted to her family by an ally of her aunt Sheikh Hasina, the recently ousted prime minister of Bangladesh, reports UK-based newspaper The Sunday Times.
5 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Khaleda to go to London on Qatar emir's air ambulance

Khaleda is set to leave Dhaka for London at 10:00pm Tuesday
5 January 2025, 18:00 PM

July uprising: Govt to sit with parties for draft of proclamation

The interim government will hold talks with the political parties soon and prepare the draft of the July uprising proclamation based on the outcome of the dialogues, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam told a press conference at the Foreign Service Academy yesterday.
5 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Students should unite, focus on their studies

BNP leaders have called on students to unite and focus on their studies to build a prosperous and discrimination-free Bangladesh, while reflecting on the lessons from the downfall of autocratic regimes.
4 January 2025, 21:33 PM

Carpenter, accused in sabotage case, dies

Nitya Sarkar, 50, a carpenter of Kalai Rishipara area of ​​Gala union of the upazila, was accused by Harirampur Upazila BNP Organising Secretary Md Delwar Hossain Dulal
4 January 2025, 20:16 PM

AL accepted Indian subservience to secure power: Sarjis

The younger generation should understand that India’s participa-tion in Bangladesh’s Liberation War was primarily to protect its own interests, particularly the Seven Sisters region, said Sarjis Alam, chief organiser of Jatiya Nagorik Committee, yesterday.
4 January 2025, 19:01 PM

Democracy ends where leadership begins

The Daily Star analysis of 25 political parties
4 January 2025, 18:28 PM

BNP standing committee members to meet Khaleda tomorrow

Shayrul Kabir Khan, a member of the BNP Media Cell, confirmed to The Daily Star that the meeting is scheduled to be held at 8:00pm
4 January 2025, 16:10 PM

Come up with specific time frame for polls

Leaders of the Communist Party of Bangladesh yesterday demanded that the interim government announce a specific time frame for an election by January 15 and clarify what it wants to do in the name of reforms.
3 January 2025, 20:30 PM

Parties talk about democracy but fail to practise it

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the biggest problem in Bangladesh is that political parties talk about democracy but fail to practise it, thus hindering the development of democratic institutions.
3 January 2025, 19:11 PM

AL should not be allowed to contest polls

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday said the Awami League should not be allowed to participate in the upcoming elections as it does not believe in such democratic practices.
3 January 2025, 18:00 PM

JnU Chhatra Shibir gets new committee

The election was held today at 10:00am
3 January 2025, 09:49 AM